Pope Francis will spend several days in hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection that has caused breathing difficulties, the Vatican said in a statement on March 29.
The Vatican said the 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, had complained of breathing difficulties in recent days and was taken to Policlinico A. Gemelli, a general hospital in Rome, Italy, following his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
